presenters

Al Hunter

Al Hunter is Anishinaabe from Manitou Rapids, Rainy River First Nations in Treaty 3 territory. He is a proud member...

Audrey Deroy

Land Based Coordinator

Audrey DeRoy, BA/BEd., is of mixed heritage, Anishinaabe/French and is a band member of Anizaatikoong (Lac Des Mille Lacs) First...

Collin Graham

Community Development Program Manager

Collin Graham is from Ochiichagwe’ Babigo’Ining Ojibway First Nation. He grew up in Thunder Bay, ON. Collin has been an...

Denise Baxter

Vice-Provost, Indigenous Initiatives

Denise is completing her PhD in Equity and Indigenous Education at York University. As an established education leader, Denise has...

James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw

Sharing Native American Languages and Culture

James Vukelich Kaagegaabaw is the creator of Ojibwe Word of the Day. He has been recognized as a leading voice...

Jennifer Harper

Founder

My name is Jenn Harper, founder of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC. I was born in Thunder Bay, Ontario and...

Judy DaSilva

Judy Da Silva, a grassy narrows community member, is a mother to 5 children. They help her to have the...

Katherine Oakley

She is Wise Program Coordinator

Katherine Oakley has had the pleasure to raise and be a mother of her two amazing teenagers, daughter Cherika (17),...

Lindsey Lickers

Community Safety Liaison

Lindsey Lickers is a Haudenosaunee/ Anishinaabe, multi-media artist and administrator originally from Six Nations of the Grand River, with ancestral...

Lyndon George

Indigenous Justice Coordinator

NaWalka Geeshy Meegwun - Longfeather (aka Lyndon George) is a member of the Chippewas of Kettle and Stoney Point First...

Mandy Tait Martens

Program Manager

Mandy Tait-Martens is the Program Manager of Services at Ontario Native Women’s Association, previously she was the Executive Director of...

Mariea Linklater

Elder

A well-known, long-standing, and highly regarded cultural leader and mentor in Saskatoon, Maria Linklater was born at the Thunderchild First...

Matt Richer

Sexual Violence Awareness Training Coordinator

Matt Richer was born in Northern Quebec and moved to Ignace Ontario at the age of six. He would later...

Melinda Commanda

Melinda Commanda is an Ojibway woman and a member of the Serpent River First Nation. She has a history of...

Tera Lynn Moreau Moreau Vivian

Shki Biinoojii Infant Mental Health Well-being Coordinator

My name is Tera Lynn Moreau Vivian. I am mother of three and grandmother of 1 one. I have passion...

Waasekom

Elder

Waasekom is of the Turtle Clan from Saugeen First Nation and Kettle and Stoney Point First Nations along the eastern...